State v. Hopkins

687 S.W.2d 188 (1985)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

Leonard R. HOPKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 66298.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

April 2, 1985.

Debra Buie Arnold, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

David C. Mason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.

HIGGINS, Judge.

Leonard Hopkins, a persistent offender, was convicted by a jury of manslaughter, Count I, and first degree assault in Counts II and III after shooting three people, killing one and injuring the other two. The jury assessed his punishment at fifteen years, Count I; life imprisonment, Count II;…